Webster's Dictionary 1913

3538

Institutor

In″sti‐tu′tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. instituteur.]1. One who institutes, founds, ordains, or establishes.2. One who educates; an instructor. Walker.3. (Episcopal Church) A presbyte...

3539

Instop

In‐stop″ (?), v. t. To stop; to close; to make fast; as, to instop the seams. Dryden.

3540

Instore

In‐store″ (?), v. t. [See Instaurate, Store.] To store up; to inclose; to contain. Wyclif.

3541

Instratified

In‐strat″i‐fied (?), a. Interstratified.

3542

Instroke

In″stroke′ (?), n. An inward stroke; specif., in a steam or other engine, a stroke in which the piston is moving away from the crank shaft; — opposed to outstroke.

3543

Instruct

In‐struct″ (?), a. [L. instructus, p. p. of instruere to furnish, provide, construct, instruct; pref. in- in, on + struere. See Structure.] 1. Arranged; furnished; provided. “He...

3544

Instruct (2)

In‐struct″ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Instructed; p. pr. & vb. n.Instructing.]1. To put in order; to form; to prepare.They speak to the merits of a cause, after the proctor has pre...

3545

Instructer

In‐struct″er (?), n. See Instructor.

3546

Instructible

In‐struct″i‐ble (?), a. Capable of being instructed; teachable; docible. Bacon.

3547

Instruction

In‐struc″tion (?), n. [L. instructio: cf. F. instruction.]1. The act of instructing, teaching, or furnishing with knowledge; information.2. That which instructs, or with which o...

3548

Instructional

In‐struc″tion‐al (?), a. Pertaining to, or promoting, instruction; educational.

3549

Instructive

In‐struct″ive (?), a. [Cf. F. instructif.] Conveying knowledge; serving to instruct or inform; as, experience furnishes very instructive lessons. Addison.In various talk the ins...

3550

Instructor

In‐struct″or (?), n. [L., a preparer: cf. F. instructeur.] [Written also instructer.] One who instructs; one who imparts knowledge to another; a teacher.

3551

Instructress

In‐struct″ress (?), n. A woman who instructs; a preceptress; a governess. Johnson.

3552

Instrument

In″stru‐ment (?), n. [F. instrument, L. instrumentum. See Instruct.]1. That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, ...

3553

Instrument (2)

In″stru‐ment (?), v. t. To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument; as, a sonata instrumented for orchestra.

3554

Instrumental

In′stru‐men″tal (?), a. [Cf. F. instrumental.]1. Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was instrumental ...

3555

Instrumentalism

In′stru‐men″tal‐ism (?), n.(Philos.) The view that the sanction of truth is its utility, or that truth is genuine only in so far as it is a valuable instrument. — In′stru‐men″ta...

3556

Instrumentalist

In′stru‐men″tal‐ist, n. One who plays upon an instrument of music, as distinguished from a vocalist.

3557

Instrumentality

In′stru‐men‐tal″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Instrumentalities (�). The quality or condition of being instrumental; that which is instrumental; anything used as a means; medium; agency.The ...

3558

Instrumentally

In′stru‐men″tal‐ly (?), adv. 1. By means of an instrument or agency; as means to an end. South.They will argue that the end being essentially beneficial, the means become instru...

3559

Instrumentalness

In′stru‐men″tal‐ness, n. Usefulness or agency, as means to an end; instrumentality. Hammond.

3560

Instrumentary

In′stru‐men″ta‐ry (?), a. Instrumental.

3561

Instrumentation

In′stru‐men‐ta″tion (?), n. 1. The act of using or adapting as an instrument; a series or combination of instruments; means; agency.Otherwise we have no sufficient instrumentati...

3562

Instrumentist

In″stru‐men′tist (?), n. A performer on a musical instrument; an instrumentalist.

3563

Instyle

In‐style″ (?), v. t. To style. Crashaw.

3564

Insuavity

In‐suav″i‐ty (?), n. [L. insuavitas: cf. F. insuavité. See In- not, and Suavity.] Want of suavity; unpleasantness. Burton.